diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/post-viewer/author.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/post-viewer/author.js
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index af8e0aee2..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/post-viewer/author.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-app.views.PostViewerAuthor = app.views.Base.extend({
-
-  id : "post-author",
-  className : "media",
-
-  tooltipSelector : ".profile-image-container",
-
-  templateName: "post-viewer/author",
-
-  initialize : function() {
-    /* add a class so we know how to color the text for the author name */
-    this.$el.addClass(this.model.get("frame_name"))
-  }
-
-});
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diff --git a/app/assets/templates/post-viewer/author_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/post-viewer/author_tpl.jst.hbs
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index 3828014cc..000000000
--- a/app/assets/templates/post-viewer/author_tpl.jst.hbs
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<div class="img">
-    {{#linkToPerson author}}
-        <div class="profile-image-container small" style="background-image : url('{{avatar.small}}');" data-placement="right"></div>
-    {{/linkToPerson}}
-</div>
-
-<div class="bd">
-    {{#linkToPerson author}}
-        {{name}}
-    {{/linkToPerson}}
-
-    {{#if root}}
-    <i class="icon-retweet"></i>
-        {{#linkToPerson root.author}}
-          {{name}}
-        {{/linkToPerson}}
-    {{/if}}
-
-    <div class="post-time">
-        <time datetime="{{created_at}}" />
-        {{#unless public}}
-          <i class="icon-lock"> </i>
-        {{/unless}}
-    </div>
-</div>